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MSW student Ian Foster release short documentary titled Modern Subsistence

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  | 

Set in beautiful northwest Alaska, Modern Subsistence is a documentary short by Ian Foster, a 花季传媒 School of Social Work master's student. Foster explores questions with modern hunter-gatherers in an effort to discover if/how ancient customs and modern society can coexist.

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Hooding ceremony student speaker Naidene Baechler on pursuing systemic change

 |  Matt Jardin  |  ,

Even amidst a global pandemic slowdown, it鈥檚 been a productive year for Naidene Baechler. She will serve as the speaker for this fall鈥檚 graduate hooding ceremony after completing her Master of Social Work in May 2020. Merely one week after earning her degree, Baechler kicked off her career as program supervisor for the Knik Tribal Council (KTC).

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Tracking the Pandemic: Contact tracing ramps up as COVID-19 cases continue to increase

 |  Alaska Business Magazine  |  ,

DPHS Assistant Professor Kristin Bogue and Gloria Burnett, director of the AK Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce, spoke with Alaska Business Magazine about ramping up contact tracing efforts when COVID hit Alaska.

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Creating a more welcoming city through research

 |  Catalina Myers  | 

Since 2014, the Municipality of Anchorage鈥檚 (MOA) Welcoming Anchorage project has been building a network between local businesses, organizations and the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation to recognize the contributions immigrants and refugees make to our city through economic, cultural and social impacts.

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Justice Center's Troy Payne leads new virtual conference with international reach

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  | 

Dr. Troy C. Payne, an associate professor in the Justice Center, recently was part of a group of professors from various higher-learning institutions that led CrimCon­鈥攕hort for Criminology Consortium, a nonprofit corporation鈥攁n academic criminology and criminal justice conference held virtually from Nov. 18 to 20.